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Attorney General Martha Coakley is calling for greater transparency in the reporting of compensation for top executive of Massachusetts charities.  Coakley made the comments after releasing a report that found the annual pay for the chief executives of 25 of Massachusetts' largest nonprofits ranged from $487,000 to $8.8 mi...

Only 34 cents of every dollar collected by professional solicitors in Massachusetts in 2012 ended up with the charities they were representing. That's according to a new report by Attorney General Martha Coakley. Professional solicitors in 2012 collected more than $266 million, but just $91 million ended up with the actual charities. ...

Attorney General Martha Coakley says she's running for Governor of the Commonwealth in 2014. During a stop in New Bedford on Tuesday, Coakley said she was focusing on education and the economy. Asked why she's running, Coakley responded, there's an open seat in the Governor's Office. Coa...

The prosecutor overseeing the murder case against former New England Patriots star Aaron Hernandez says he won't run for Attorney General of Massachusetts. In an op-ed piece submitted to print media., Bristol County District Attorney Samuel Sutter said he would instead seek re-election to his current job...

Attorney General Martha Coakley says she wants to make sure donations raised after the Boston Marathon bombing are being spent appropriately.       Coakley said Thursday that her office is distributing surveys to charities and fundraisers that collected money after the attack...

Bristol County District Attorney Sam Sutter tells WBSM News, he is considering a run for Massachusetts Attorney General.  Sutter says he didn't expect Martha Coakley to announce her intentions this soon, but now that she's leaving the A-G's office to run for Governor, Sutter says running for Attorney General is something he'll take a hard look at...

Casino gambling foes have gone to court in an effort to keep alive a proposed statewide ballot question that would repeal the 2011 state law that allows up to three casinos and one slots parlor in Massachusetts.

Attorney General Martha Coakley has reached a 36-million-dollar settlement with Barclays Bank.

Fourteen ballot questions for 2014 have been approved by Attorney General Martha Coakley.

Former Lt. Gov. Timothy Murray, along with his campaign committee, has agreed to pay a total of $80,000 in penalties to settle allegations that he accepted contributions that were illegally solicited by the former Chelsea Housing Authority director Michael McLaughlin and another state official...